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pretty much everyone but the pentagon. and the republicans do support they don't want to take all of the blame for it. they voted on the cuts for the president give him the knife and tell him to plunge it in where he sees fit. the democrats are okay with some austerity measures so long as revenue is part of that package. and the third is the least talked about. but probably has majority support among democrats and supports the most sensible solution. cancel it. caucus member introduced this the cancel the sequester act 2013. section 251 a of the balanced budget act of 1985 is repealed. this is the sensible bill that stops the thing everyone including the american people says is a bad idea. >> as we anticipate and across the board set of budget cuts, becoming law in our land, we still expect to see your goodness prevail. rise up oh god, and save us from our selves. >> joining me now jared bernstein. and robert reich. his new book is "beyond outrage". robert. i'll begin with you. what do you think? we don't need god to save
pretty much everyone but the pentagon. and the republicans do support they don't want to take all of the blame for it. they voted on the cuts for the president give him the knife and tell him to plunge it in where he sees fit. the democrats are okay with some austerity measures so long as revenue is part of that package. and the third is the least talked about. but probably has majority support among democrats and supports the most sensible solution. cancel it. caucus member introduced this the...
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sequester and how the pentagon budget will proceed. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once hagel is in charge after they made him go through this? >> if the president thought by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with people who humiliated him to this degree. secondly, he was weakened by his own poor performance. and whether he was playing rope a dope and this was a tactic to not pick a fight and get in an argument with john mccain and the others on the committee that he would then have to work with, he didn't fight back enough. claire mccaskill and other democrats, claire you saw on our show and other forums saying, look. he clearly is better at asking questions than answering questions. but still came strongly to his defense as did the other democrats on the committee. saying joe manchin and others sa
sequester and how the pentagon budget will proceed. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once hagel is in charge after they made him go through this? >> if the president thought by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with people who humiliated him to this...
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hate the people trying to stop the president from picking this guy for the job he needs done at the pentagon, but i do recognize their tactics. they're the same ones they used to push the war in iraq. they say they don't like something he said hagel did 14 years ago about a gay man being put up for ambassador. i don't like it either, but, a, it was 14 years ago, and, b, i don't think it's got anything to do with why the hawks are opposing him. since when is the right wing of this country is caring for gay rights? as bill clinton would say, give me a break. and this isn't about israel's security any more than it's about ours. the right wants a hawk at defense for all occasions. someone with an itchy trigger fing mother has always got a country lind up to go to war with, iraq, afghanistan, iraq again, libya, syria, iran. sorry, the guy you lined up to be president would have picked a person you'd want as defense chief, a real genuine hawk, but mitt romney lost, didn't he? he lost. so keep firing off those anti-hagel columns and editorials, my right wing brothers, and don't worry, you won't get
hate the people trying to stop the president from picking this guy for the job he needs done at the pentagon, but i do recognize their tactics. they're the same ones they used to push the war in iraq. they say they don't like something he said hagel did 14 years ago about a gay man being put up for ambassador. i don't like it either, but, a, it was 14 years ago, and, b, i don't think it's got anything to do with why the hawks are opposing him. since when is the right wing of this country is...
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he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. johnson stepped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for homeland security tomorrow. now for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." thank you for joining us. have a great night never happen again. and mitch mcconnell agrees with him. >> the 16-day government shutdown. >> federal workers going back to their jobs. >> finally came to an end. >> let's be clear. there are no winners here. >> back from the brink. at what cost? >> $24 billion. >> $24 billion hit to the economy. >> how business is done in this town has to change. >> will washington learn from the crisis to face the next battle? >> a wake-up call. >> this fight. this de
he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. johnson stepped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for...
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at dawn, actually, one pentagon official said look, ft. hood, where this latest case is alleged to have occurred, is three times larger than my hometown. you're going to find all sorts of people and crime being committed. i think it's wrong to think about and the idea you're going to change anybody's human behavior simply through training programs is misdirected. many lawmakers on the hill are saying you have to address the specific culture and those parts of the military justice system which leads some of these attackers to believe that they'll be able to get away with it and until that happens, i don't think you're going to see any reduction in the number of sexual assault. change the way they see these cases. >> jim miklaszewski on the beat on this one. coming up, spy games that american diplomat ordered out of russia after being caught with the tools of the cold war era secret agent, unbelievable. plus, anthony weiner takes another big step toward a run for new york city mayor. the tabloids are excited. you're watching "the daily rundo
at dawn, actually, one pentagon official said look, ft. hood, where this latest case is alleged to have occurred, is three times larger than my hometown. you're going to find all sorts of people and crime being committed. i think it's wrong to think about and the idea you're going to change anybody's human behavior simply through training programs is misdirected. many lawmakers on the hill are saying you have to address the specific culture and those parts of the military justice system which...
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so we were particularly concerned to see the new pentagon report showing sexual assault incidents in the military have risen 35%. and we were agast to learn how some in the military are addressing the problem. and that's why we're sending this week's letter to secretary of defense chuck hagel. dear secretary hagel, it's me melissa. congrats again on your new position in the obama administration. i know you have a lot on your plate between an ongoing war in afghanistan, unrest in the middle east, but i just want to be sure in the midst of the international conflict you don't forget about another crisis con frenting our men and women in uniform. i am deeply troubled by the new report from your department finding 26,000 reported cases of sexual assault took place in the military last year. that's more than 70 instances of sexual assault every day. but what makes those numbers even more troubling is the other news coming out about how sexual assault prevention is being handled. this week the chief officer in charge was himself arrested for sexual battery. and that happened shortly after
so we were particularly concerned to see the new pentagon report showing sexual assault incidents in the military have risen 35%. and we were agast to learn how some in the military are addressing the problem. and that's why we're sending this week's letter to secretary of defense chuck hagel. dear secretary hagel, it's me melissa. congrats again on your new position in the obama administration. i know you have a lot on your plate between an ongoing war in afghanistan, unrest in the middle...
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that's the story. >> and tim, you worked, want to close, you worked in the pentagon, worked there on 9/11, but you weren't in the building when the plane hit. >> i had stepped out for my morning run, was across the river near the jefferson memorial, ran back, forced my way into the building, spent the day working in the inner courtyard helping firefighters rescue personnel with ladders and stuff. >> did you know that day you were going to be going to war? >> i knew i was in the marine corps and the world just got a lot more complex and i know the marine corps goes to war.
that's the story. >> and tim, you worked, want to close, you worked in the pentagon, worked there on 9/11, but you weren't in the building when the plane hit. >> i had stepped out for my morning run, was across the river near the jefferson memorial, ran back, forced my way into the building, spent the day working in the inner courtyard helping firefighters rescue personnel with ladders and stuff. >> did you know that day you were going to be going to war? >> i knew i was...
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. >>> joining us from tfrom the pentagon is jim miklaszewski. national security correspondent for "the new york times" is mark mazzetti author of the book "the way of the knife cia and secret army a war at the ends of the ear earth." in new york is david sanger the author of "confront and conceal obama secret wars and surprising use of american power," which is out in paperback. good timing. jim miklaszewski, at the pentagon, we are dealing with a couple of issues today as we get ready to hear from the president on these issues and that is the use of drones being scaled back and also the killing of americans with drones. jim? >> everybody is making a big deal out of the fact that the president is likely to announce in his speech as we understand it that a large part of the covert drawn program that is conducted for years by the cia will now be shifted over to the pentagon and it's being hailed as a move that will increase transparency in terms of what the u.s. is doing and in that drone program. but i can tell you, you know, for years the u.s. m
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and that's because it turns out that on june 14th, the day after they started publishing the pentagon papers, there had been an angry, threatening telegram written by the attorney general to the "new york times" demandinging that they cease publication of these document, but the fbi accidentally sent the telegram to a fish company in brooklyn instead of to the "new york times." and so what the "new york times" heard the day they published the pentagon papers and the day after was nothing. and this fish company in brooklyn must have been very, very confused by the angry telegram they got from the attorney general. eventually, the attorney general and fbi got it together and stent telegram to the "new york times" demanding the return of the pentagon papers and no further publication. the times said no. they published on the 13th, the 14th, the 15th, then the government got a temporary restraining order blocking them from publishing anything further. pentagon papers was the first time the government had used courts to block the press from publishing something the press wanted to publish
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>> you would have to talk to somebody other than the pentagon. we don't talk to those operational matters because they don't involve us. yes. >> they don't involve us. you have to talk to somebody -- not here. i refer your questions to other people. i think he is talking about the cia. let's check with the cia then to see how the cia handles these questions at their daily press briefs. all right. they don't do that. and so that's where questions about this policy go to die. this week in addition to the chuck hagel defense secretary nomination, the senate is expected to advance president obama's nominee to head the cia, john brennan. senator john mccain is proposing holding up the nomination of john brennan because, well, john mccain. but even in the midst of that conflict, there is an interesting confluence of opinion right now that something major should be changed in mr. brennan's field of expertise. mr. brennan broached the subject in a "washington post" profile that ran about him last october. the acting director of the cia from whom mr. bren
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rather just answer the question, is he going to be able to fight and lead the pentagon and make certain that our troops get the resources they need, the training they need, the support that they need. rather than focusing on that, they're off looking at whether or not something he said 15 years ago, some policy question and, unfortunately, it may command an awful lot of attention, but i do think at the end of the day that enough republicans and democrats will look at chuck hagel, will examine his record, will consider what he's done and what he's capable of doing, and they'll vote to confirm. >> let's take a look at the analysis we just heard from a combat vet himself, medal of honor winner we just talked to, and he's going to be back in a minute. let me ask you about this, steve, the gay rights thing. this country has moved like a blitzkrieg, to use a bad metaphor, for 20, 30 years. i have moved so far. i'm a pretty liberal guy, but i moved -- >> what were you saying 14 years ago? >> i wasn't saying this, but i wasn't going out to get hormel, and i wasn't calling him aggressively gay o
rather just answer the question, is he going to be able to fight and lead the pentagon and make certain that our troops get the resources they need, the training they need, the support that they need. rather than focusing on that, they're off looking at whether or not something he said 15 years ago, some policy question and, unfortunately, it may command an awful lot of attention, but i do think at the end of the day that enough republicans and democrats will look at chuck hagel, will examine...
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michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck hagel has a lot going for him. he is a brave guy, a principled guy. there is a lot to like about him. he is also a republican, and the democratic party has worked really, really hard over past decades to erase the deficit, in which voters consistently said they trusted republicans more than democrats on national security. democrats have worked really hard to erase that gap, but picking chuck hagel seems to me to be sending a message i can't figure out president obama wants to send, i can't figure out why. and even a democratic president can't be sure that a democrat is going to do a good job leading
michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck...
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trade center and the pentagon, yes, the pentagon. by the time you get past the half of the country that believe climate clang is an outright hoax, how do you do the rational thing about something like gun safety? that's our problem, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. ♪ >>> today was a huge news day in the ongoing political fight against gun violence in this country. the white house threw its most precious and powerful resource, the time and attention of the president of the united states, behind the issue today. the president traveled to denver, colorado, where he was introduced by the local police chief and planked by law enforcement officers to draw washington's attention, again, to gun safety. >> we need parents, we need teachers, we need police officers, we need pastors, we need hunters and sportsmen, americans of every background, to say, we've suffered too much pain and care too much about our children to allow this to continue. we're not going to just wait for the
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that's the story. >> and tim, you worked, want to close, you worked in the pentagon, worked there on 9/11, but you weren't in the building when the plane hit. >> i had stepped out for my morning run, was across the river near the jefferson memorial, ran
that's the story. >> and tim, you worked, want to close, you worked in the pentagon, worked there on 9/11, but you weren't in the building when the plane hit. >> i had stepped out for my morning run, was across the river near the jefferson memorial, ran
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do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no, absolutely. and even their fixation on benghazi is located in state. they went after hillary clinton -- >> 100%. >> that has nothing to do with this job either. at the end of the day i started out says, confirm chuck hagel. he was an enlisted man, fought in vietnam. i'm saying, i don't know why i support him because it hasn't been about him at all. >> joy reed and chris hayes. thank you for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, wane lapierre, i'll be joined in rebuttal, by someone who is on the nra's enemy list. >>> and in the "rewrite tonight" if there was no
do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no,...
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about what hagel probably intends to do and that is to continue panetta's effort to streamline the pentagon and make budget cuts. those who are in favor of a strong defense are against that and therefore against hagel's perception more cuts are necessary and finally there is a great deal of concern about hagel's statement that unilateral american action in trying to restrict what iran can do economically and with its money, hagel doesn't think that's a good thing to do and lots of people on both sides of the aisle in the senate who disagree with hagel about that and hearing about that in the hearings. >> it's interesting, colonel, that, again, going back to his war record and when you look at our nation as the president pointed out, could have a leader as secretary of defense who has been in that situation. he knows what it is like to have young men and women in the mud and the ground and like to see people, you go in to war with and you come out without them. you know this, as well. give us some perspectives and the importance of having an individual like this, whether it's chuck hagel or
about what hagel probably intends to do and that is to continue panetta's effort to streamline the pentagon and make budget cuts. those who are in favor of a strong defense are against that and therefore against hagel's perception more cuts are necessary and finally there is a great deal of concern about hagel's statement that unilateral american action in trying to restrict what iran can do economically and with its money, hagel doesn't think that's a good thing to do and lots of people on...
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couple of years ago, the pentagon considered building an even bigger military presence on the island of guam. the plan would've increased the population of guam by almost half. and when that plan was being considered in congress, that's when a little known congressman from georgia named hank johnson spoke up in a hearing with this rather amazing comment on the giant u.s. military and its huge and maybe increasing presence on the tiny little island of guam. >> i don't know how many square miles that that is. do you happen to know? >> i don't have that figure with me, sir. i can certainly supply it to you if you'd like. >> yeah. my fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize. >> we don't anticipate that. >> i love the navy admiral being there. i have to address the congressman's concern, we don't anticipate that, sir. a local atlanta paper felt compelled to point out that mr. johnson as far as they could tell was not making an april fool's joke. we talked about the island of guam capsizing from the weight of all the new people there.
couple of years ago, the pentagon considered building an even bigger military presence on the island of guam. the plan would've increased the population of guam by almost half. and when that plan was being considered in congress, that's when a little known congressman from georgia named hank johnson spoke up in a hearing with this rather amazing comment on the giant u.s. military and its huge and maybe increasing presence on the tiny little island of guam. >> i don't know how many square...
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i feel like being the head of the pentagon is like being the pope. it's like when there's a new -- when there's a vacancy, well, this next one's really going to have to deal with reforming the institution. they need reform inside the curiam. there's a lot of rot in there. then you go in, and guess what, you get coopted by the institution. what is your feeling about where chuck hagel will fit into that trajectory? >> there's a joke among defense reporters -- >> my favorite genre of joke. >> naturally. outside of papacy jokes. a joke that in order to be defense secretary, you have to give this speech that hagel gave, that you come in, you're going to make sure acquisitions are going to get cleaned up, personnel policies are going to be aligned with what's actually in the national interest, costs are going to come under control. you also can't get out of the pentagon before you renege on all of that and the building has ground you down into a fine powder. in terms of everything hagel said today, there's a lot for reformers to get excited about. implemen
i feel like being the head of the pentagon is like being the pope. it's like when there's a new -- when there's a vacancy, well, this next one's really going to have to deal with reforming the institution. they need reform inside the curiam. there's a lot of rot in there. then you go in, and guess what, you get coopted by the institution. what is your feeling about where chuck hagel will fit into that trajectory? >> there's a joke among defense reporters -- >> my favorite genre of...
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pentagon has not gotten around to appointing the envoy yet. i mean, you worked for the pentagon. is there resistance between the relationship of the political side and the military side on this. >> no, i don't think so, i think that everybody in the executive branch wants guantanamo closed. i think it is hard to find somebody who will take this job, frankly. it is a thankless job with minimal likelihood of success. and i should add, to be fair to president obama, there is one political actor in this country who can easily change this if they feel like. and that is congress. the relationship that judge kesler referred to that deprived federal courts of the jurisdiction, was passed in 2006 by the u.s. congress. if congress wants to let the courts adjudicate those conditions they certainly could. and the legislation that makes it not impossible, but extraordinarily hard for the president to release even those into the united states, potentially, those detainees who have been found to present no danger. that is also congress. this is a travesty that is very much of our own making in
pentagon has not gotten around to appointing the envoy yet. i mean, you worked for the pentagon. is there resistance between the relationship of the political side and the military side on this. >> no, i don't think so, i think that everybody in the executive branch wants guantanamo closed. i think it is hard to find somebody who will take this job, frankly. it is a thankless job with minimal likelihood of success. and i should add, to be fair to president obama, there is one political...
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he would be the first grunt to be in charge of the pentagon. that's a good thing for america. that's a good perspective to have in that job. >> and novel. >> for a lot of -- honestly, for a lot of what are called chicken hawks, the super hawks who never served who are now calling chuck hagel an appeaser, it's outrageous. >> all right, gentlemen. i'm going to switch gears here as the president announced on friday he is accelerating the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. so when those troops leave, representative, that will be the second war started by a republican president and ended by president obama. does he deserve credit for that? >> well, i think history's going to judge if we left too soon, what were our goals in afghanistan, what happens to afghanistan once american troops have left. it's a very weighty decision on the part of any president because you're going to get judged ultimately in history by what are the ramifications of that. this was a bipartisan war, too. to put this on a republican president, i think we only had one dissenting vote in the house. this was
he would be the first grunt to be in charge of the pentagon. that's a good thing for america. that's a good perspective to have in that job. >> and novel. >> for a lot of -- honestly, for a lot of what are called chicken hawks, the super hawks who never served who are now calling chuck hagel an appeaser, it's outrageous. >> all right, gentlemen. i'm going to switch gears here as the president announced on friday he is accelerating the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. so...
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we have former pentagon general counsel jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. >>> the attorney general of the united states broke some major news today in an unexpected way, took a lot of people by surprise. part of the reason we know that is because this wanted poster was still posted at fbi.gov this afternoon for several hours after the attorney general admitted in print this afternoon that actually this guy is no longer wanted, he's dead. so, he's not wanted anymore. shortly after the national security reporter, spencer ackerman, and a number of other folks started tweeting links to the poster, the fbi took it down. did the fbi really not know that that guy had been killed until the attorney general told congress and the general public about it this afternoon? i mean, they had a wanted poster out for him, so presumably, they were expending some fbi resources wanting the guy, right, looking for him. if they were looking for him but another agency of the u.s. government, presumably the cia or maybe the military, some other part of the u.s
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the political swagger, if you will, that secretary of defense immediate to both operate inside the pentagon, and that's -- you heard robert gibbs, former press secretary yesterday say it was a little disconcerting watching him give those answers. they made a strategic decision not to have a debate with those republican senators. trying to not start fights, but was he too passive? >> there was a way to push back. david sanger, he could have said i disagree with you about the surge. senator mccain, you're my great friend, but let's talk about what's really going on. we have 66,000 troops at afghanistan right now. he didn't pivot. he didn't push back. he didn't fight. david brooks, your columnist in "the "new york times"" suggested to chuck this weekend that he should even go so far as saying to the president, mr. president, do you have second thoughts? should i withdraw? that's rather more than i would have expected at this point. >> you know, i think there were two remarkable elements to the testimony that former senator hagel gave. he seemed unprepared on basic issues. we were discussing ir
the political swagger, if you will, that secretary of defense immediate to both operate inside the pentagon, and that's -- you heard robert gibbs, former press secretary yesterday say it was a little disconcerting watching him give those answers. they made a strategic decision not to have a debate with those republican senators. trying to not start fights, but was he too passive? >> there was a way to push back. david sanger, he could have said i disagree with you about the surge. senator...
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the role is very likely going to be downsizing the pentagon many any scenario. what about chuck hagel and about the next leadership, civilian leadership at the pentagon? >> i like the fact that chuck hagel has had his feet in the mud as a soldier. i like the fact that he has had a lot of background. i don't endorse or not endorse him. i don't judge him based on his background, but i would say that two things, first, it's very important that president obama and the secretary of defense have a trust relationship. they're going to go through some difficult times in the next few years. if senator hagel isotology take on a tfk of this magnitude and the president trusts him, i think those are two really important things because it not going to be an easy four years. >> and, general, finally mali, we have a situation now where the troops that we helped are now turning -- they've become islamic rebels. they're fighting against the regime. we are being asked to play some support role perhaps with drones and other roles for the french troops. >> i think we're going to fin
the role is very likely going to be downsizing the pentagon many any scenario. what about chuck hagel and about the next leadership, civilian leadership at the pentagon? >> i like the fact that chuck hagel has had his feet in the mud as a soldier. i like the fact that he has had a lot of background. i don't endorse or not endorse him. i don't judge him based on his background, but i would say that two things, first, it's very important that president obama and the secretary of defense...
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. >>> the pentagon has identified the six u.s. soldiers killed in southern afghanistan earlier this week. randy billings, joshua silverman, omar. ford, terry gordon and jesse williams lost their lives when their helicopter crashed on tuesday. five of the six soldiers trained together and were based in kansas. it's the largest loss of life in afghanistan in nearly six months. >>> the russian president touched on a number of hot button topics in his news conference. it it resembles one of apple's keynote addresses. this instance 1300 journalists were in attendance jock keeg for position to ask him a question. putin defended his opinion of the lgbt community and eased criticism of his record on human rights saying he will release one of his fiercest critics behind bars for a decade. he will also pardon a group of green peace protesters and two members of the all female punk rock group. he also brushed aside questions on edward snowden saying he's never met the former nsa contractor. >>> jay carney says the president will veto any bil
. >>> the pentagon has identified the six u.s. soldiers killed in southern afghanistan earlier this week. randy billings, joshua silverman, omar. ford, terry gordon and jesse williams lost their lives when their helicopter crashed on tuesday. five of the six soldiers trained together and were based in kansas. it's the largest loss of life in afghanistan in nearly six months. >>> the russian president touched on a number of hot button topics in his news conference. it it...
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the pentagon estimates unreported sexual assaults last year skyrocketed from 19 to 26 tough. . the number of reported assaults rose 6%, more than 3300, all resulting in more than 232 convictions. >>> now, here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> the tables were turned on bill clinton tuesday when talk of a woman president was not about hillary. he got into a humorous exchange. >> her leadership is unmatched, her work for the poor family, so i have to ask it, mr. gates, when is melinda jumping into politics? >> i don't think melinda is going to run for president she hasn't mentioned it to me. >> she hasn't mentioned it to me, either. >> when it comes to trust, more persons put their faith in clint eastwood than the leader of the free world. the readers ranked him no. 13th the most trusted people in the nation, president obama came in no. 65. he says one thing can you count on him is dance moves. he thanked his daughters for making him hip. >> and, of course, around the world, people are being swept up by korean culture the korean wave and as i men
the pentagon estimates unreported sexual assaults last year skyrocketed from 19 to 26 tough. . the number of reported assaults rose 6%, more than 3300, all resulting in more than 232 convictions. >>> now, here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> the tables were turned on bill clinton tuesday when talk of a woman president was not about hillary. he got into a humorous exchange. >> her leadership is unmatched, her work for the poor family,...
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they would have said that about the pentagon papers, you know, would we have been a better society if daniel ellsberg had gone to jail. there's all kind of scandals that are out there, waiting to be reported on. so, you know, i can't give the administration a pass on this. >> the question, it isn't true there's never instances -- >> didn't say there's never, i'm saying there are very few instances that any one can think of where the stories were reported because you made the case that responsible media outlets very often, i think, most often try not to irresponsible, they work with the administration and frequently hold, withhold stories that in fact will endanger lives. >> the question would be under a shield law if a journalist were to find out a cia operation would take place in kandahar on this date at this time we knew that american troops were headed in that direction would the media then be in their rights because of a public right to know to report on that? would they have been within the rights to find out about the osama bin laden raid in advance to report interest potential
they would have said that about the pentagon papers, you know, would we have been a better society if daniel ellsberg had gone to jail. there's all kind of scandals that are out there, waiting to be reported on. so, you know, i can't give the administration a pass on this. >> the question, it isn't true there's never instances -- >> didn't say there's never, i'm saying there are very few instances that any one can think of where the stories were reported because you made the case...
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we have former pentagon general council jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. [ french accent ] antacid! sorry, i have gas. but you relieve gas, no? not me... that's his job. true. i relieve gas fast. [ male announcer ] gas-x is designed to relieve gas. ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. >>> the attorney general of the united states broke some major news today in an unexpected
we have former pentagon general council jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. [ french accent ] antacid! sorry, i have gas....
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he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. johnson stepped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for homeland security tomorrow. set to nominate tomorrow. "first look" is up next. >>> good friday morning, everybody. manhunt, two convicted hurricane dollierers used fake documents to fool the department and escape. edward snowden says he didn't bring linked files to russia. >>> a school bus hijacking. >>> vandals filmed their own destruction that could prove criminal. >>> and, big bucks at the movies. good morning. happy friday to you. it sounds like a plot from a hollywood thriller. two convicted murderers, serving life
he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. johnson stepped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for...
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joining us now from the pentagon, we have nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> when did hagel make this decision? i heard it was a little bit back. >> it was several weeks ago as we understand it that he had decided if civilian employees in the pentagon were to be furlo h furloughed, during that 14-week period they would get a 20% cut in their pay that he too would take a 20% cut with whatever the other civilian workforce would have to take. >> speaking of cuts. he's sounding the same warnings now that leon panetta was sounding a couple weeks ago. haggel is saying the cuts to th pentagon are going to devastate the agency. and military readies readiness. >> we started to draw down in afghanistan and everybody here in uniform realized that cuts are coming. managing those cuts is what's important and the trillion dollars you're talking about, 500 billion of that, was already imposed and it began under defense secretary bob gates and so then the additional 500,000 or so or 500 billion or so came under this sequestration. so the
joining us now from the pentagon, we have nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> when did hagel make this decision? i heard it was a little bit back. >> it was several weeks ago as we understand it that he had decided if civilian employees in the pentagon were to be furlo h furloughed, during that 14-week period they would get a 20% cut in their pay that he too would take a 20% cut with whatever the other civilian...
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we have former pentagon general counsel jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. that was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again, and now i gotta take more pills. ♪ yup another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] this may, buy aleve and help those in need. >>> the attorney general of the united states broke some major news today in an unexpected way, took a lot of people by surprise. part of the reason we know that is because this wanted poster was still posted at fbi.gov this afternoon for several hours after the attorney general admitted in print this afternoon that actually this guy is no longer wanted, he's dead. so, he's not wanted anymore. shortly after the national security reporter, spencer ackerman, and a number of other folks started tweeting links t
we have former pentagon general counsel jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. that was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again, and now i gotta take more pills. ♪ yup another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my...
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it was decided by both the pentagon and justice that it couldn't be done. hence it had to be thrown back to congress for that fix, tamron. >> thank you very much. let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell, also nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff and john salts, i would like to start with you, you have been very vocal about this issue and you and others are concerned about other benefits that vets are expected that could be impacted by the shutdown. >> we've had over 9,000 veterans contact us and check our box in our e-mail operation specifically saying they are affected by the shutdown. it's a variety offish y isfis ff there's a natural disaster, the national guard can't respond. we have veterans who lost an arm or leg in vietnam or iraq or afghanistan, in two weeks won't get benefits anymore. what happens to retiree benefits. you heard general shinseki testify, he's been very vocal about the backrepublicans in congress put a lot of pressure about the claims that have happened through ptsd or agent orange
it was decided by both the pentagon and justice that it couldn't be done. hence it had to be thrown back to congress for that fix, tamron. >> thank you very much. let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell, also nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff and john salts, i would like to start with you, you have been very vocal about this issue and you and others are concerned about other benefits that vets are expected that could be impacted by...
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the pentagon says it will reduce the naval presence in the persian gulf. plans for the uss harry truman carrier to head to the gulf this week have been canceled. that would leave one carrier in the region. defense secretary leon panetta warns under the cuts pentagon workers could face furloughs saying, this is not a game this is reality. >>> vice president joe biden made an emotional appeal to house democrats last night urging them to support the obama administration's gun control agenda. biden choked up while speaking about the recent tragedy at sandy hook and recounted examples of 1600 deaths since that day. his tone turned emphatic reminding audience as their obligation as lawmakers to act. >> when people tell me that you can't prevent these kinds of occurrences, that doesn't mean we can't do something to god forbid if it happens again diminish the carnage. it matters. it matters. >> speaking to those worried about the political consequences of backing controversial gun legislation, biden argued "i promise you, times have changed." >>> new jersey govern
the pentagon says it will reduce the naval presence in the persian gulf. plans for the uss harry truman carrier to head to the gulf this week have been canceled. that would leave one carrier in the region. defense secretary leon panetta warns under the cuts pentagon workers could face furloughs saying, this is not a game this is reality. >>> vice president joe biden made an emotional appeal to house democrats last night urging them to support the obama administration's gun control...
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. >> of all the great cover-ups in history, we're talking about the pentagon papers, the iran/contra, watergate and all the rest of them, this, i said back on november 28th on fox, is going to go down as the most serious, most egregious cover-up in american history. >> well, and a man who no one should be listening to when it comes to national security controversies, dick cheney, here he is. >> i think it's one of the worst incidents since, frankly, that i can recall in my career. if they told the truth about benghazi, that it was a terrorist attack by an al qaeda affiliated group, it would have destroyed the false image of the basis of this campaign for re-election. they lied. they claimed it was because of a demonstration video so they wouldn't have to admit it was really all about they're incompetent. >> sorry, cheney, but we have to. the republicans were hoping to find a massive cover-up with benghazi. the truth is, it seems a benign issue here. last night the white house released 100 pages of e-mails relating to how the famous talking points were put together. far from the nefari
. >> of all the great cover-ups in history, we're talking about the pentagon papers, the iran/contra, watergate and all the rest of them, this, i said back on november 28th on fox, is going to go down as the most serious, most egregious cover-up in american history. >> well, and a man who no one should be listening to when it comes to national security controversies, dick cheney, here he is. >> i think it's one of the worst incidents since, frankly, that i can recall in my...
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. >>> the pentagon will announce furloughing this afternoon for about 800,000 civilian employees to pay for sequester related budget cuts. the furlough will last 11 days instead of 14. >>> chicago teachers planning a massive three day walkout starting this saturday to protest a plan that would close 53 city schools. >>> a tv trail blazer has left. dr. joyce brothers has pass aid way at the age of 85. dr. joyce appears nearly 100 times on the tonight show with johnny carson, hosted her own nbc program as well. she was also the only woman to win the $64,000 question. man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford original charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. lookin' good, flo! feelin' good! feelin' real good! [ engine revs ] boat protection people love. now, that's progressive. call or click today. a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after
. >>> the pentagon will announce furloughing this afternoon for about 800,000 civilian employees to pay for sequester related budget cuts. the furlough will last 11 days instead of 14. >>> chicago teachers planning a massive three day walkout starting this saturday to protest a plan that would close 53 city schools. >>> a tv trail blazer has left. dr. joyce brothers has pass aid way at the age of 85. dr. joyce appears nearly 100 times on the tonight show with johnny...
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nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us with the latest efforts to rescue them. >> reporter: no fresh word on the condition or whereabouts of those two americans. their identities have not been released. the very fact that their ship was flying an american flag made them a very tempting target to the pirates. in a brazen attack pirates kidnapped the two americans off this u.s. flag ship, the sea retriever. the heavily armed pirates easily boarded the slow moving ship then singled out the americans, the u.s. captain and chief engineer and took them audiotape shore as hostages. it all happened in the gulf of guinea off the coast of nigeria. this has become a prime hunting ground for pirates. the most memorable pirate attack on an american is now a hit movie. captain richard phillips was kidnapped by somalia pirates and held hostage for five days at sea before he was rescued by navy s.e.a.l.s. but those nigerian pirates will pose a more of a threat. >> you got to understand it's dangerous out in the gulf of guunea. >> reporter: acts of piracy have decreased pirate atta
nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us with the latest efforts to rescue them. >> reporter: no fresh word on the condition or whereabouts of those two americans. their identities have not been released. the very fact that their ship was flying an american flag made them a very tempting target to the pirates. in a brazen attack pirates kidnapped the two americans off this u.s. flag ship, the sea retriever. the heavily armed pirates easily boarded the slow moving ship...
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pentagon leaders were question betd 2001 authorization to use military force, which is of course the resolution passed just after the/1 9 dsh /* /- 9/1 1. at least one member of congress was shocked by the breath of the assertions that were made by michael shee han, assistant secretary of defense for special operations in support of the grounding document for the unending open-ended global war we found ourselves in. >> i have only been here five months about this is the most astounding and astoundingly disturbing hearing i've been to since i've been here. you have essentially rewritten the constitution here today. >> i don't disagree we need to fight terrorism. but we need to do it in a constitutionally sound way. >> barbara lee represents california's 13th district, only member of either house to vote against force. my first question is what did you make of this hearing yesterday? >> chris, first, thank you very much for reading the resolution. i hope the public will begin to listen to what took place. and that was a blank check that allowed for perpetual war until we repeal it. the
pentagon leaders were question betd 2001 authorization to use military force, which is of course the resolution passed just after the/1 9 dsh /* /- 9/1 1. at least one member of congress was shocked by the breath of the assertions that were made by michael shee han, assistant secretary of defense for special operations in support of the grounding document for the unending open-ended global war we found ourselves in. >> i have only been here five months about this is the most astounding...
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former members of congress, including one former senator, mike grave of alaska, who once read the pentagon papers into the congressional record amid all sorts of interesting stuff in washington. but who is best remembered for long zen, inexplicable campaign ads when he ran for president. in 2008. but less you assume that former senator mike gravel and company are doing this fake hearing thing because they believe in aliens visiting earth, the organizers of the fake ufo's hearing told roll call, quote, i don't care what the ex-members actually think about extraterrestrial issues. the organizer said he only cares, quote, that they served in congress, that they know how it is done, that they are willing to run these hearings like an actual hearing in order to create a rather amazing and i think important event. also i should note that the fake committee members are going to get paid $20,000 a pop to do it. so there's that. roll call and "the washington post" report the fake hearing adventure is expected to cost over $600,000, including the $20,000 fee paid to each of the former members of con
former members of congress, including one former senator, mike grave of alaska, who once read the pentagon papers into the congressional record amid all sorts of interesting stuff in washington. but who is best remembered for long zen, inexplicable campaign ads when he ran for president. in 2008. but less you assume that former senator mike gravel and company are doing this fake hearing thing because they believe in aliens visiting earth, the organizers of the fake ufo's hearing told roll call,...
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assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was watching intently yesterday, and might have had that thought in mind. you said another important word, which is sequester. it's going to be a huge mess over there trying to, first, anticipate this, and then deal with whatever the new reality is. i do think that it was ugly yesterday. it was ugly on both sides. the white house wasn't so much from what i heard defending his performance as saying that those mean republicans also performed in an ugly and bad and not very attractive way. i don't think anybody looked particularly good in that showdown. i also think it's very clear that this is,
assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was...
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the pentagon's top brass issues a new order to combat it and the boardwalk's back. it's a sign of hope seven months after super storm sandy. good day to all of you and welcome to "weekends with alex witt" it is 1:00 on the nose 1:00 in the east, 10:00 a.m. out west. let's get to "front page politics," president obama is trying to shift attention plaguing this administration. the president says politics is crowding the focus on the economy. >> more than anything, the american people may be optimistic about where we're headed as a nation especially after all we've been through during the past several years and that should encourage us all to work even harder on the issues that matter to you. >> the president's message comes just a day after the outgoing irs commissioner faced a grueling day on capitol hill. lawmakers in the house grilled steve miller for answers as to why the irs targeted tea party groups seek tax-exempt status. >> who is responsible for targeting these groups? >> so again, i'm going to take -- i'm going to take exception to the concept of targeting b
the pentagon's top brass issues a new order to combat it and the boardwalk's back. it's a sign of hope seven months after super storm sandy. good day to all of you and welcome to "weekends with alex witt" it is 1:00 on the nose 1:00 in the east, 10:00 a.m. out west. let's get to "front page politics," president obama is trying to shift attention plaguing this administration. the president says politics is crowding the focus on the economy. >> more than anything, the...
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but what has to happen now for the pentagon to get it. that this is really serious? >> well i think they are getting it. and the report itself, the numbers are shocking. and that when half of the women in the military are experiencing the kind of harassment, take out the sex, just that kind of harassment, it's impossible for the military to be effective. i think it's gotten to the point where they know that they have a crisis in the ranks and they can't do their jobs, the president has made it clear, the secretary has made it clear. there is no overnight solution. the long-term discrimination against women is just now beginning to end. it will take a lot of time and determination by commanders at all levels. and a real focus on the issue. the fact that sexual assault prevention officers within the military weren't really taking it seriously is a sign that despite the tough talk at the top, it hadn't permeated through the ranks. it's time for that to take hold now. >> what about legislative remedies, such as re removing it from the command authority. and not permittin
but what has to happen now for the pentagon to get it. that this is really serious? >> well i think they are getting it. and the report itself, the numbers are shocking. and that when half of the women in the military are experiencing the kind of harassment, take out the sex, just that kind of harassment, it's impossible for the military to be effective. i think it's gotten to the point where they know that they have a crisis in the ranks and they can't do their jobs, the president has...